Luxury cars, roaring engines and museum of the speed

The italian Motor Valley is worldwide recognized as the cradle of the speed and the roaring engines. The major automakers are born in the territory including the provinces of Modena, Bologna and Rimini and the beginning of the age of motoring in this area has still a sort of shining light.

There is no other place in the world where you can find such a high concentration of engines’ myths and the motivation that has always moved this passion comes from an advanced search, producing cars and motorcycles of great quality, both sporting cars and racing cars, from the vocation to save and restore vintage engines, with extremely lively buying and selling, as lively is the training activity, with lesson at a professional and academic level, to form the passion of the future, in this Motor Valley so rich in opportunities.

Maranello, Modena and Enzo Ferrari

Let’s start from the place that at a planetary level, in the collective imaginary, is recognized as the engines’ home: Ferrari. Ferrari is the brand for excellence and Maranello is its headquarters with the production factory opening to visitors for panoramic tours with shuttle in the Fiorano track and along the boulevard inside the factory, entitled to Enzo Ferrari.

Very interesting are the architectural structures realized for the seat of Maranello by starchitect as Renzo Piano (Wind Tunnel), Massimiliano Fuksas (Ferrari Headquartes and Research Centre), Jean Nouvel (Pavillon New Assembly Line), Marco Visconti (Pavillon Mechanical Processing Engines and Pavillon Painting) and Luigi Sturchio (New Logistics).

In Museo Ferrari, the virtual experience absolutely not to be missed relates to the simulatorsF1, that give all the sensations a Formula 1 pilot can try while driving. 

Maranello gives also the opportunity to know closely the most exclusive brands of the gastronomy, such as the Traditional Balsamic Vinegar. We suggest Selezione Modena, a collection of typical products of the area, that can be purchased also online.

The tour “Discover the Land of Ferrari and Pavarotti” offers the possibility to visit the house museum of the famous passed away tenor of Modena, who so much did to promote the territory, through various initiatives that created a bond between the world of culture and entertainment and the world of the engines, dedicating many resources to activities and charitable projects. iniziative benefiche. Activities that still continue hrough the Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti. 

For a short stop-over or for an overnight, we suggest you the Hotel Maranello Village, the only one Ferrari themed resort in the world.

In the city of Modena we can visit the Museum of the house where Enzo Ferrari was born, who here is venerated for having leaft a wonderful reminder of him and of the world he was able to create, absolutely unique and inimitable. The structure of the house is a spectacular place, where it is possible to admire not only the engines collections, but also the spaces and the futuristic architecture with the first mechanical workshop of Enzo’s father. Some areas of the house are opened for visitors: a theater cinema room, a shop and a restaurant.

Maserati

Do good and forget to have done it.

Said Umberto Panini, patron of Panini Edizioni, from Modena, when in 1996 reawakens the love of the city for the brand Maserati. The historical company, in fact, after a series of financial problems, was on the brink of selling a priceless collection of models produced in its ninety years old history. Panini takes action and wins. After having saved this huge cultural heritage, Panini wants to show it in its city, Modena, even if historically Maserati was founded in Bologna by Alfieri Maserati.

The collection Umberto Panini is located in the Motor Museum, inside a property of Panini himself, and can by visited on request by appointment only: in the museum you can admire great car models full of history, remembering races, speediness and mythical pilots.

Lamborghini

After the myths of Ferrari and Lamborghini, we meet another myth in Sant’Agata Bolognese where we can visit the Lamborghini museum: we will know its origins, the first works and the first successes of Ferruccio Lamborghini with its 350 GT, the entire collection of models and the advanced technology of the engines. The Museo Lamborghini was inaugurated in 2001 and since then welcomes the visitors, giving all the enthusiasts of luxury car and speedsters great impact emotions.

Inside the museum, from April 12 to October, 9 2017 you can visit the exhibition “Ayrton Senna. The last night.” Remembering his test in 1993 at the Circuit de l’Estoril, driving a McLaren with Lamborghini engine.

Ducati

In Bologna we can visit the historic factory and the Ducati museum. The museo Ducati was renovated in 2016, on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the brand and presents new exhibition spaces. An unprecedent narration through different paths: the history of the Ducati motorcycles and the socio-cultural context; the history of racing, with the displayed racing bikes, together with the trophies won; the “Ducati moments”, the people, the world, the technologies, the passion to show the history of Ducati.

The Ducati factory, in Borgo Panigale, is open to the public to let people know the phases of the production.
These are the most emblematic places of a land that has to be grateful to the roaring engines, on two or four wheels, hurtling in circuits all over the world and making people dream. There are infinite chances to know the ressources of the Italian Motor Valley, starting from the driving courses and “dream tour” Ducati to the classical races for vintage engines, from the “vintage days” in the Autodromo di Modena, to the wonderful exchange exhibition for vintage cars and motorbikes or the international sporting events as Superbike or MotoGP.

Wheels are not lacking, engines are hot, let us drive you on a tour that will leave you breathless!

Motor Valley’s tour by Vip Limousine

Vip Limousine, with its fleet of luxury cars with driver, from the Classe S 500 up to the coaches, is specialized in tours planning and organization based upon the Customers’ requests. Among these tours, one the most popular is the Motor Valley Tour, which may be organized ad hoc alternating a visit to an engines’ temple with other places or points of interests proposed by the Customer or by Vip Limousine itself, when the Customer gives our staff free reign in planning the itinerary. For more details or informations please refer to our contacts page, while if you want to know something more about our tours on a luxury car with driver from Milan please refer instead to our page about the services.